Given the potential for up to 3 inches of rainfall through Thursday, coupled with an excessively wet spring and summer, we have made the decision to close Linder’s Lot for the 34th Annual Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals. As a result, move-in will be as follows: Thursday, July 17 8 a.m.: Swap meet vendors will move in via the State Route 601 Ohio CAT Gate. We will credential and park swap meet vendors as quickly as possible. 3 p.m.: Race cars will move in via the State Route 601 Ohio CAT Gate and immediately park. Once parked, racers and crew can go underneath the Ohio CAT Grandstands to purchase credentials. NOTE: There is no overnight holding lot. Friday, July 18 8 a.m.: Swap meet Vendors will move-in via the State Route 601 Ohio CAT Gate. We will credential and park swap meet vendors as quickly as possible. 8 a.m.: Race cars will move-in via the State Route 601 Ohio CAT Gate. 8 a.m.: Car Show will enter through the State Route 18 Summit Gate. 8 a.m. Camping & Motorhome Guests will enter as advertised through the State Route 18 Wilson’s Gate. NOTE: There is no overnight holding lot. We look forward to seeing you at the 34th Annual Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals! — Bill
04 JUL 2020
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A Message from Bill Bader Jr.
Official Statement Regarding the Cancellation of the 2020 Race Season
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A MESSAGE FROM BILL BADER JR.

While planning what was to be a standout season of racing at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, the Coronavirus hit.

Our country halted and hunkered down, and yet, I was hopeful that I would be able to open, as soon as possible, the facility that has been the source of pride and passion for my family for more than 50 years.

I was prepared to do whatever I needed to do to ensure that every guest who came through our gates would be safe while still experiencing everything that has helped Summit Motorsports Park stand out in the motorsports industry for so many years.

I was eager to present the fast cars and fireworks, the entertainment and excitement, and most of all, “The Norwalk Experience.” My team wanted the same.

I was confident that this year’s offerings, including the highly anticipated 43rd Annual Kelly Night Under Fire, would help us reach record attendance as we have so many times before.

But it was becoming apparent that I was not going to be able to accomplish all of that, as our country was still so adversely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.

While faced with trying to produce events that would not, under current circumstances, hold up to the high standards that I set years ago when I took over the family business from my father, I was well aware that we had already lost 83 percent of our revenue for the year, and we wouldn’t be able to make the money we need to make to successfully sustain operations if we opened. In fact, we would lose money, and I can’t responsibly take that financial risk.

So I decided that I owed it to Summit Motorsports Park racers, race fans, sponsors and supporters to cancel this season, and start planning to make the 2021 season the most magnificent and monumental yet.

The majority of my team — whom, like you, I consider to be family — is laid off, so please be patient as I work to regroup and plan a most remarkable rebound that will show racers, race fans, sponsors and supporters why we’re America’s Racetrack.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for your support and for standing by me, my family, my team and Summit Motorsports Park in these turbulent and trying times. Here’s to a tremendous 2021 together.

May God Bless you and your family and God Bless America!

— Bill Bader Jr., President of Summit Motorsports Park
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